Can Amazon Echo Be Used To Perform Bank Transactions?

CAN AMAZON ECHO BE USED TO PERFORM BANK TRANSACTIONS?

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Amazon Echo has been used for a wide range of purposes, but it is important to figure out whether Amazon Echo is safe for banking related procedures or not. If it is, then how, and if not, then what can be done to make it secure. We in this blog post are going to discuss this particular aspect of Amazon Echo.

As support for Echo is increasing day by day with skill development, various services are surfacing. Primality built as a music player cum voice assistant, Alexa can also be used for banking services.

Capital one along with developers working for www amazon com echosetup have built a skill for banking facilities.

Banking over the internet has always been an issue of safety. However, with the release of HTTPS or secure socket layer, banking has been made extremely safe over the internet. As Echo and Alexa do not have a pictorial interface, the scenario here is a bit different. Amazon Alexa setup has been configured to add skills easily to it and capital one skill is one of those. Now we will discuss various aspects of banking with Alexa to decide if it is safe or not:

THE LOCK FACTOR HTTPS shows a green lock in URL bar claiming that connection is safe. However, as Amazon Echo do not have a video graphical interface, we cannot be sure that connection is secure. If the connection is insecure, it is very likely that the input we gave using our Echo is likely to be transmitted to any third party. The lock is going to make sure that the data of the users is completely secured. With a voice-activated system, people don’t have to look for any kind of icon.

ENCRYPTION • Data sent over the internet is being encrypted by a 128-bit secure encryption key. Encryption ensures that no one can peek into our data.

However, when we read terms and conditions of capital one bank skill on Amazon Echo support section, there was nowhere encryption was mentioned.

In simple words, there is a big chance that even if Amazon or skill builders are not peeking into our data, there can be any hacker looking into it hence robbing us off while we send our credentials from Echo at our home. Amazon Echo is going to make sure that all your data is encrypted. Only you are going to see and understand your data, and for rest, it will act as a noise.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS + CREDENTIAL VOCAL ANNOUNCEMENT The devil always lies in the details. We do not know what kind of terms and conditions we are agreeing to.

Similarly, we will have to say our credentials out loud as Amazon Echo has clearly said that capital one skill does not support banking credential entering from supporting smartphone. The double-edged sword of privacy is a big issue.

No matter how well you perform www.Amazon.com Alexasetup, you are not going to get a full-proof mechanism to make your bank transactions smooth.

This skill will require all your details while offering no assurances of security. We believe this is not a good option to bank upon.

You will have to perform certain settings in order to perform banking through your Amazon Echo device. If you come across any problem, then you can get in touch with Amazon Echo help and support providers to make your device a lot more protected. The feature of the device to speak your credentials is what bothers me a lot. If this option can be changed somehow, then I can consider using Amazon Echo for banking purpose.